A large body of air that has fairly uniform physical properties, such as temperature, and moisture content, at any given altitude
What is an air mass
100
what are the 2 main factors that determine a regions climate
Temp and precipitation
200
As altitude increases what happens to air pressure and density?
Air pressure and density decrease
200
Which region/s usually has temperatures cooler than temperatures near the equator?
Polar zone and temperate zone
200
Low flat layers of clouds that often cover much of the sky and produce steady and widespread rain are?
nimbostratus clouds
200
What is the sharply defined boundary that forms when 2 unlike air masses meet?
Front
200
Latitude, distance from large bodies of water, ocean currents and altitude are all factors that affect a region's what?
Temperature
300
Most weather takes place in the?
What is troposphere
300
The Seasons are caused by the __________ of Earth's________ as Earth movers around the sun.
tilt, axis
300
Which of the following forms of precipitation fall as a liquid
Rain Hail Freezing Rain
rain, freezing rain
300
This occurs when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass
Cold front
300
Latitude, Distribution of air pressure systems and global winds, and the existence of a mountain barrier are all factors that affect a region's what?
Precipitation
400
The ozone layer is located in the?
What is upper stratosphere
400
On the two days each year when the sun is directly overhead at noon at latitude 23.5 north or 23.5 south a(an) occurs.
Solsitce
400
Energy is transferred within the troposphere in three ways name them
radiation convection conduction
400
Are cyclones or anticyclones associated with clouds, precipitation, and stormy weather
Cyclones
400
_______ is a decription of the pattern of weather over many years
Climate
500
Name the 4 major layers of the atmosphere in order start from the ground and moving out into space.
Tropo, Strato, Meso, and Thermosphere
500
List all the zones in the correct order starting at the north pole and ending at the south pole
Polar, Temperate, Tropic, Temperate, Polar
500
Name the 3 basic cloud forms
Stratus, cumulus, cirrus
500
Name the four types of fronts and describe what is happening in each
Cold- cold over takes warm
Warm- Warm over takes a cold
Stationary- Two unlike masses come together but neither overtakes the other
Occluded-Warm air is caught between two cold air masses
500
_____ is a short-term variation in climate that is caused by a change in the normal directions of winds, which causes ocean currents to shift direction.